Night's Fingerprint

wow weee Goeff !
amazing collation of 117 shots mate !
you really own this style, wonderful work !
...in response to your question, maybe the plane reflected some other light at that angle….??...not sure.

This is such an amazing shot Geoff!

amazing picture! brilliant title!

Absolutely stunning !!! Ummm that is interesting, that lil burst of light on the left …. No idea ? You could always photo shop plane trail out ??? You could do it !
What time of day into night did you take this ? Love that the setting sun and the shore line. Or did you blend a sunset shot and a night shot ?? Amazing stuff either way.

stunning

Oops ! I see. You took 117 frames of 30 seconds. Great idea and work.

This is a very unique startrails shot. Could that sharp bounce be attributed to some lens distortion? I dunno, that is odd. Marvelous work.

Another winner Geoff. Awesome!

oh my gawd. this is so fabulous…it gave me goosebumps!!

Absolutely brilliant! And, as you say, “trippy” indeed. Superb work Geoff.

I admire you for standing there waiting for an hour! Great image!
~r

Absolultely Fabulous.

I’ve always wanted to try this. You have given me some inspiration now.

Fantastic image!

WOW! Awsome image Geoff!
Could it be another plane and the two trails coincidentally met at the edge of the frame?

The large view is phenomenal! Is that a waterway off to the far right? That ricochet could be a falling star?? Well anyway, this is fantastic!

This is the most amazing shot I have ever seen!!! FABULOUS! A fave!

Amazing result, Geoff! Love it! I suspect the short trail on the left could be the part of a plane that started at that point and disappeared off the screen very soon after you began shooting….

Wow fantastic work :)

BRAVO

Absolutely stunning!

Featured in the New South Wales group

Mindblowing geoff – I LOVE what you do!

amazing shot Geoff

wow geoff… i had no idea this happens… i’m mesmerized…

Totally awesome!! And so interesting what you say about the photo. Agnes xx

Wow! Amazing shot Geoff! This is mind blowing! Favouriting ,,,, now! Vicki

Very clever name too Geoff! It does look like a big fingerprints with whorls and whirls!!

I would love to do a star trail.

excelllent capture

in a word: mindboggling!!
Great capture.

My theory on the “ricochet light ” ... blinking navigation lights on the wings. The “ricochet” has a slightly green tinge to me indicating a starboard nav light. Just a theory though … GREAT SHOT!

that was one long night. Nice merge! :) !!

I can appreciate your excitement!!!
..looks like you’ve captureed a vortex or energy hole into the next universe!...I love the
light you’ve captured..and perhaps you have captured a reflection like a how a rainbow works
..light bouncing from the otherside?
..eitherway..no matter what -what you”ve got is really AWESOME…GOOD ON YOU!!
-jinney

FYI-I meant the light bouncing from the end of the runnway behind the plane!
..this is really amazing!!!
-again… jinney

Fantastic work all round Geoff.Your Perseverence to make the entire 117 captures happen from start to finish has paid off as i know it wont work with a very long exposure on digital. Awesome piece of work mate

Great work Geoff

Absolutely incredible – well done :-)

Hi Geoff, another amazing shot, love how you’ve got the pole star centred. You are the king of night time photography, my mind boggles with the 117 shot thing. Is the bounced trail another plane coming into frame.

(got my 5DII today, I’m so excited and thanks for all your tech advice, you’re a legend Geoff)

Bravo , this is awesome !!

Super mega awesome!

Superb work Geoff! Iv’e tried this myself a couple of times and am aspiring to shots like this! Truly fantastic!

Absolutely stunningly awesome.

Easy to forget how we spin until you see one of these! I’d say the plane banked a bit suddenly then corrected, and you see the wing lights non-superimposed briefly, then merge slowly back, looks like 2 or 3 others way behind as well. Outstanding effects!

brilliant

WOW Geoff (picks jaw up off ground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mate this is just otherworldly!!!!!!!! No one does them like you bud!!! Just INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wonderous : )

Great patience is required to make such an image. Fantastic result

Awesome!!!

bravo!!

My guess is the little jerk of light at the end of the plane’s light trail is a second plane just emerging in on a trajectory that runs across the perspective of the main plane. It would be heading SE I assume. Anyhow, marvellous shot Geoff, and it really shows the wonders of the heavens even with your name plastered across the larger view!! You continue to amaze ….

Great shot!

That is incredible Geoff, Your skills and patience are amazing.

Outstanding Perfection!!

That’s crazy ~ and sooooo cool! AMAZING!!!!

this is the craziest thing ive ever seen lol amazing work

Hell’s donkeys, Geoff – how long does it take you to process 117 pics? Great stuff (again).

I’d have to take issue with your “all you need is a DSLR” comment though: all you really need for star trails is a simple camera with B shutter setting and a roll of film. No need for 30 sec exposures which then have to be combined into one image – just leave the shutter open for the duration. Getting it processed’s the trick these days though! Also, from what I’ve seen of many digital star trail shots, the reds tend to be lost (red stars & nebulae), which detracts slightly.

As for the ‘ricochet’, I first thought it was most likely a reflection off the edge of the inner edge of the frame, but the angle is probably wrong. Given the greenish colour, and the pattern of brightening and fading, I suspect it’s possibly a meteor. If you can take the one frame that it appears on, enlarge that section and post it here, it might be eaiser to tell.

Congratulations on your well earned feature in New South Wales Photography! Interesting discussion as well.

Maybe one day I’ll experience the wonders of digital trickery at that level :)

if it isn’t digital it isn’t relevant – we can’t let them off that lightly ;-)

“Lovely and extended” ... I don’t often share company with those words, har har.

Have fun in 09 with this wondrous kit, Geoff!

Youre The Master!

great shot, but isn’t it facing north?
The pole star is a hint…

This is a stunning startrail image. Not only is it beautiful but one can stare at it for a long time and find all kinds of interesting apects. Much to be commended. Fineli

Very interesting!! Like it a lot!! Never have seen a photo like this!!

Uuuuuaaaah, you are right!!! Very cool too! Thanks!!!

Having just stood in a field freezing my fingers off for about an hour shooting 117 (how ironic is that) images myself, I can appreciate everything that went into this shot. I have a very very long way to go to even get close to magic like this though. All the elements work well together and have been captured and then reproduced so perfectly, no more so than the illuminated clouds hanging over the city and the plane trail just tops it all off.

Geoff, I don’t think that’s a plane trail at all, it’s actually a satellite, possibly GPS. I think that the bit on the left is the same satellite on its previous orbit, just captured when you took the first image. (see if it’s only on the first one). That’s my guess anyway. Great image.

AMAZING! I love this.

Geoff, I’m wrong about the bit on the left being the same satellite, the quickest ones I can find in orbit are about 90 mins :) also not GPS, they orbit about twice a day. I found this image of a satellite trail on a time lapse.

Very cool shots.
Somewhat amazing!!

Thank you.

fantastic image Geoff!!

I’m gob-smacked this is just sensational – and the description is helpful for us night photography philistines!!

love that one jeoff , the plane makes the image even more interesting even though they get in the way most of the time

just had another look at that anomoly on the left , looks very much like an iridium flare
just a thought

check this site out geoff it will explain it all , i would post it here but it would take to much room up on the post

http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html

STUNNING

Amazing Image!!!

wow! wow! wow!

One of my all-time faves out of a really nice portfolio, Geoff. Congratulations on capturing this truly unique and beautiful photograph. For me, the plane trail actually adds intrigue and interest to the image.

Thanks for your particularly lovely comment John – very much appreciated.

Cool technique! I will try it out :P

Great work,
Looks like a vortexs from space.

viewed large is fantastic and what I noticed is the different star trails have different colors…who’d have thought the camera would have picked up that too! Wow!

Interesting method within PS..I use a standalone called Startrails.exe which is fairly fast to process. I guess you have to shoot later to avoid the plane.Big glow from Woolongong

This is absolutely fantastic Geoff….I am pretty much speechless. I adore your title by the way :)

Gorgeous Geoff!

fantastic! realy great job!

beautiful Geoff, Really like this one :)

An absolutely stunning image!!!
And you shared the EXIF DATA – thank you very much!
I’m hoping to capture something similar in IR.

You have more patience than I do, A great startrail image.

Great shot!

You can get rid of the plane, but you will have to sort thought all your images and find the shots with the plane flying though and remove them before your stack. However, you might end up with gaps between the star trails (It will depend how many frames you remove) but you might not even notice the gaps at normal the normal viewing size.

This is awesome. I might try this myslef now that I have a time delay function on my new Nikon. Well done.

Fantastic!

OUTSTANDING PORTFOLIO!!!

WoWzEr!!